Relationship aggression, police violence against civilians, political violence from above and below are among the problems the 2025 Emerging Scholars are pursuing on four continents.

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation announces the selection of its 2025–2026 HFG African Fellows. The twelve awardees, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world.

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2025 HFG Distinguished Scholars. The ten grantees, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world.

(NEW YORK) – As the culmination of their terms as HFG African Fellows, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation recently sponsored sixteen awardees to attend the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) sixtieth-anniversary conference at Oxford Brookes University.  Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows are emerging scholars working on research projects relevant to the Foundation’s mission […]

(NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation today announced the selection of its 2024 HFG Emerging Scholars. These eleven doctoral candidates, selected through a rigorous process, are investigating the origins of violence and responses to it across historical and contemporary contexts in the US and other countries. The scholars are completing dissertations on a […]

(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce selection of its 2024 Distinguished Scholars. These 14 researchers, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world. In selecting the awardees, highest priority was given to research that addresses urgent, contemporary problems of […]

(NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation today announced the selection of its 2023 HFG Emerging Scholars. These nine doctoral candidates—chosen through a rigorous multistage evaluation process—are working to advance knowledge on the nature of and responses to violence around the world.  The scholars are completing dissertations on a range of vital topics including […]

(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2023-2024 HFG African Fellows. The ten fellows were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process.  All are doctoral candidates at African universities exploring important problems of violence related to the African continent. Fellows are investigating topics, including inter-ethnic conflict, democratization, […]

(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2023 HFG Distinguished Scholars. The ten leading researchers, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world. In selecting the awardees, highest priority was given to research that addresses urgent, […]

August 10, 2022 (NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2022 HFG Emerging Scholars. The eight doctoral candidates—chosen through a rigorous, peer-review competition—are working to advance knowledge of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world.  In selecting the awardees, highest priority was given […]